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Office
1850 Town Center Pkwy
301
Reston, VA 20190Phone+1 571-544-9900Fax+1 571-544-9544- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. Shakeel Shareef is a fellowship trained, board-certified ophthalmologist with over twenty years of experience in Academic Medicine involved in training over 100 eye residents and surgeons. He completed his residency training at New York Medical College followed by a two-year glaucoma fellowship at the prestigious Barnes Hospital at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO. He was promoted to the rank of Professor at the Flaum Eye Institute at the University of Rochester School of Medicine in Rochester, NY. He recently served as Director of the Glaucoma Service overseeing the Glaucoma Fellowship Program and was appointed as Professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, OH.
Dr. Shareef performs a variety of anterior segment surgeries including traditional and micro-invasive glaucoma surgeries (MIGS) and routine to complex cataract procedures, including traumatic iris and cyclodialysis cleft repair. He has been the recipient of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Achievement Award and several surgical video awards voted by his peers for his innovative work including the American Glaucoma Society Surgical Award in 2013 and the Reay of Hope video complications award at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) in 2018. As an early adopter of MIGS since 2012, he serves as the Senior Instructor for an instructional course at the annual AAO meeting. He is invited annually to several national and international meetings as a guest speaker, moderator, course instructor, and wet lab surgical instructor training ophthalmologists on the latest in surgical techniques. He welcomes the opportunity in partnering with you in providing personalized ethical care with the goal of helping patients live productive lives by averting blindness and restoring vision.
Clinical Expertise
- Cataracts, Iris reconstruction
Education & Training
- New York Medical College at St Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center of New YorkResidency, Ophthalmology, 1993 - 1996
- NYU Long Island School of MedicineInternship, Internal Medicine, 1992 - 1993
- New York Medical CollegeClass of 1992
Certifications & Licensure
- VA State Medical License 2014 - 2024
- NY State Medical License 1994 - 2020
- PA State Medical License 1998 - 2006
- American Board of Ophthalmology Ophthalmology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012
- Fellow (FAAO) American Academy of Ophthalmology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- McCannel Suture Technique Resolves Persistent Dysphotopsia Following Laser Peripheral Iridotomy in Phakic Eyes.Matthew P. Nicholas, Tara C Vaz, Sana Idrees, Shakeel Shareef> ;Journal of Glaucoma. 2021 Apr 6
- 1 citationsCyclodialysis cleft repair: A multi-centred, retrospective case series-Response.Marko Popovic, Shakeel Shareef, Juan J. Mura, Felipe Valenzuela, Julio González Martín-Moro, Matthew B. Schlenker, Keith Barton, Francisco J. Muñoz-Negrete, Mohammad R...> ;Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology. 2019 Mar 1
- 16 citationsCyclodialysis cleft repair: A multi-centred, retrospective case series.Marko Popovic, Shakeel Shareef, Juan J. Mura, Felipe Valenzuela, Julio González Martín-Moro, Matthew B. Schlenker, Keith Barton, Francisco J. Muñoz-Negrete, Mohammad R...> ;Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology. 2019 Mar 1
Press Mentions
- Dr. Shareef ExplainsNovember 16th, 2018
- Big Regional Differences in Glaucoma Diagnosis FoundJanuary 29th, 2016
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
Hospital Affiliations
- Inova Fair Oaks HospitalFairfax, Virginia
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